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Patented Feb. I4, |899.

No. 6I9,407.

H. HARGBEAVES, APPARATUS FOR HEATING, DRYING, 0R AIRING.

(Application led July 29, 1898.)

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No. 6|9,407. Patented Feb. I4; 1899.'A

.H. HARGREAVES.

APPARATUS FUR HEATING, DRYING, 0R AIRING.

(Application med .my 29, 189s.)

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY HARGEEAvEs, 0E LoNDoN, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR HEATING, DRYING, OR AIRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 619,407, dated February14, 1899.

Application tiled July 29, 1898. Serial No. 687,220. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY HAEGEEAvEs, a subject of the Queer? of GreatBritain, residing at 38 Mount View road, Finsbury Park, London, in thecounty of Middlesex, England, have invented certain new and usefulImproved Apparatus for Heating, Drying, or Airing, (for which I haveapplied for Letters Patent in Great Britain, dated January 8, A. D.1898, No. 597, and in Germany, dated June 2, 1898;) and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The apparatus forming the subject of this invention is intended to beemployed more especially for the purpose of drying and airingdomesticlinen and the like, obviating the ernployment of clothes-horses,with the attendant dangers of the articles thereon being upset onto orblown or drawn into contact with the ire, and with the disadvantages ofoccupying the position opposite the fire and mak ing it a difficultmatter to use the said re for other purposes while the clothes-horsejisin use.

According to my invention I employ an apparatus which consists of a fiatvertical box or casing or a series of such casings of sheet iron,copper, or other suitable metal, corrugated or not, gauze or net work,incombustible or other suitable fabric or material, the two sides ofwhich preferably meet at the top in a semicylindrical curve. 'lhe twoends are closed by plates the edges of which preferably project so as toform flanges. The bottom of the boX or casing may be more or less open,and the whole is suitably supported in such a manner as to leave a spaceor spaces between the bottom and the fioor. A gaspipe with anyconvenient number of jets or burners is placed at or near the bottomthereof, and an extension or branch of this pipe may be convenientlyprovided for the purpose of carry-ing a supplementary burner for boilingpurposes.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I will now proceedto describe the same with reference to the accompanying sheet ofdrawings, illustrating one form of my apparatus which I have found togive good results.

Figure l is a front elevation Aof a heating, drying, or airing apparatusconstructed in accordance with my invention, this view being taken fromthe right of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line X Xof Figs. l and 3. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line Z Z of Figs. land 2; and Fig. 4 illustrates a device for heating laundry-irons, ashereinafter more fully referred to.

Similar letters relate to like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

A A' are two metal end plates attached at their lower ends to thetimbers B B', which are iirmly connected together by the longitudinaltimber C, which latteris preferably incased with zinc or otherprotective material capable of withstanding the required degree of heatand provided with air-inlet openings 0*, as shown. It will be seen thatthe parts A A', B B', and C form the base or stand of the apparatus. Theend plates are also held together by the longitudinal hinge-bar D andthe curved top bar E.

F is a cover ot' what is known as asbestos cloth, which I have found tobe suitable for this purpose; but, if preferred, such cover may be ofthin sheet iron, copper, or any other suitable metal or material. Ifsheet metal is employed, I provide suitable outlets for the products ofcombustion. One end of the asbestos-cloth cover F is sewed or boundaround the bar G, whence it is carried upward and over the curved topbar E, thence down- Y ward to the bar H, around which it is sewed 0rbound. The bars G and Hare attached by screws or otherwise at each oftheir ends to the flanges of the plates J J', and the bar H may befurther attached to the hinge-bar D, if desired. The side edges of theasbestos cover F may preferably be sewed or bound to the vertical bars KK', which bars may be screwed or otherwise attached to the flanges ofthe plates J J'. It will be seen that by this arrangement the frameworkG H K K', with the asbestos-cloth cover F, may be easily removed fromthe apparatus for the purposes of repairing or cleansing when required.In order to further strengthen the apparatus and also prevent theasbestos cloth cover IOO F from sagging, I provide the intermediatevertical bars M.

N is a gas-pipe with burners, which may be of any suitable form. One endof the pipe N is supported by a bracket P from the longitudinal timberG, its other end passing through a hole in the end plate A', as shown,and provided, if desired, with a branch N' for the purpose of connectingto it any suitable or convenient form of burner or stove for boilingpurposes.

Q is a door hinged to the bar D, as shown, by which access is obtainedto the burners O.

The apparatus is used in the following manner: The gas is lighted, andthe clothes or other articles to be heated, dried, or aired are hungloosely over the top of the apparatus and are allowed to dependtherefrom, so that they are brought into more or less close contact withthe asbestos cloth or other cover F, forming the sides of the apparatus,and in order toincrease the hanging accommodation I provide rods R, theends of which are adapted to hook into holes A* formed in the end platesA A', as shown, and over which rods other clothing or the like may behung; or, if preferred, cords or wires may be laced through the holes Aiin the end plates A A' to serve the same purpose as the rods R. In someeases I surround the apparatus with a fender or railing, on whicharticles may be hung preparatory to being iinished on the apparatusitself.

The apparatus is provided with casters T, so that it may be readilymoved from place to place, and the gas connection may be made by a unionor a iiexible tube, according to requirements; or if gas is notavailable the apparatus may be adapted to be heatedby cil or spiritburners.

In order to utilize the apparatus for heating laundry-irons, I providesheet-iron stands S, such as shown in side elevation, end elevation, andplan in Fig. 4. I place one of these stands over each of the burners O,the gas-pipe N passing through the gaps S', the bottom edges of thestands S resting on the longitudinal timber C. A laundry-iron may beplaced on the top of each of the stands and will be quickly andthoroughly heated by the burner below it; or, instead of the stands S, Imay sometimes employ for the same purpose the sloping hot plate U, whichmay be placed in position over the series of burners O, as shown in Fig.2, the stems U' being adapted to take into suitable sockets or staplesC', fitted on the longitudinal timber C. This sloping hot plate U mayalso be usefully employed for heating plates, dishes, and other similararticles, and for the same purpose I provide bars W of trough-likesection, the ends of which are adapted to take into the before-mentionedholes A* in the end employed, and great saving of time and` trouble isthereby effected.

I claiml. Incombination, the elongated burner, the vertically-extendingend plates A, A', at the ends thereof, the cross-bars extending betweenthe upper parts and also between the lower parts of said end plates, anda cover eX- tending between the end plates and stretched over thecross-bars,substantially as described.

2. In combination, the elongated burner, the end plates A, A', thecross-bars C and E at the lower and upper parts of said platesrespectively, the bar extending between the end plates at a pointintermediate of their height, the cover stretched over the said bars,and the door extending from the intermediate cross-bar downwardly,substantially as described.

In combination, the elongated burner, the end plates A, A', the coverextending over the burner and between the end plates, said end platesextending laterally beyond the cover and the rods extending between saidlateral extensions of the end plates and adjacent to the cover,substantially as described.

4. In combination, the vertically-extending box, heating means withinthe same, and the trough-shaped support for dishes and the likeextending alongside the box, substantally as described.

5. In combination, a heating-chamber having a body portion of narrowcross-section, an elongated burnerin the lower part thereof, a slopingplate U over said burner to hold the irons in inclined position and adoorat the base of the heating-chamber, said door being arranged at aninclination substantially parallel to that of the sloping plate andextending laterally from the main part of the heating-chamber,substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY IIARGREAVES.

I/Vitnesses:

STEPHEN EDWARD GUYON, STANLEY QUATREMAIN.

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